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1 Never Take Another Puff By joel spitzer joel spitzer Copyright joel spitzer , 2003. This book or any portion thereof may be freely distributed in either electronic or print form so long as no charge is made for it, and so long as this notice remains with any significant portion of the work when distributed. Conversion to PDF format and indexing by BillW. Bill wanted readers of the book to know that he is not a professional publisher, nor an editor or a typist. Bill is a rocket scientist by profession.

2 Bill is proud of that. But he is also proud of the fact that as of the day we have put this book together he has quit for one year and four months. His contribution in laying out and indexing this book is most invaluable and appreciated. The author feels the need to point out that while being a rocket scientist is indeed impressive, that the skills needed to be a rocket scientist, nor the level of intelligence or ingenuity that is required to be a rocket scientist is in anyway mandatory to achieve success in quitting smoking.

3 Quitting smoking is actually a simple process that any average person can accomplish once he or she comes to the conclusion that to quit smoking and to stay free is as simple as just knowing to Never take Another puff! 2 About the Author joel spitzer has been a leading authority in the development and implementation of smoking cessation and prevention programs for over 30 years. Far from just following and teaching the commonly held beliefs of the day, he has been a visionary who recognized early on that nicotine was an addiction while the rest of the medical and scientific community contended it was simply a habit.

4 His unique insight allowed him to develop and implement nicotine prevention and intervention strategies that were decades ahead of their time. Participants in his clinics have success in quitting at rates that far exceed the national average for such programs. Currently, he serves as a smoking prevention and cessation consultant to the Evanston and Skokie, Illinois Health Departments. He is conducting full 6-day clinics throughout the year as well as conducting monthly seminars. He also is currently co-managing an Internet based smoking cessation support group with over 3,000 members and serves as a technical advisor for Another smoking prevention and cessation site that has over four million hits per year.

5 His materials are being widely utilized on many Internet based quit sites. Mr. spitzer has been providing smoking cessation and prevention services since 1972, first as a volunteer speaker and then a member of the professional staff of the American Cancer Society, and later as the smoking programs coordinator for the Rush North Shore Medical Center's Good Health Program. He has conducted over 325 six-session stop smoking clinics to over 4,500 participants, including programs for major corporations, medium and small sized 3 joel spitzer companies, universities, health departments and numerous hospitals in the Metropolitan Chicago area.

6 Besides smoking cessation clinics, he has developed and presented smoking education seminars to both adult and school age groups. Since 1972, he has presented over 570 one-session seminars to over 92,000 people. He has been a main speaker on the physical, psychological, and social aspects of smoking at over 30 major conferences on smoking and health throughout Illinois. He has trained physician and lay speakers for the American Cancer Society. He has done many radio, television, newspaper and magazine interviews.

7 He has written over 100 articles used as part of the follow-up reinforcement for participants of his Stop Smoking Clinics. He has been involved in other aspects of health promotion. He has done public speaking on lifestyle and fitness, weight control, drug abuse, cancer prevention and cancer early diagnosis. He personally designed and produced most of the audio-visual materials used in conjunction with these programs. In September of 2000 he established joel spitzer , Ltd., where he is working as a private consultant providing smoking cessation and prevention programs in the Chicago area.

8 4 Preface Never take Another puff. It seems so simple. If you want to quit smoking all you need to do is to Never take Another puff. There you have it-a roadmap for breaking free from one of the deadliest scourges ever to hit mankind. Nearly five million people a year die from smoking. Many knew the dangers and wanted to quit but didn't feel as if they knew how to break away from such a complicated and powerful addiction. Truth be known, this is not a complicated addiction and while on the surface it may seem powerful, in truth, it is not.

9 Yes there are lots and lots of people who smoke until it kills them but it is not that they couldn't quit. It's that they didn't have the understanding of what was needed to quit, and more importantly, what they needed to do to stay quit. Again, the answer to both is to Never take Another puff. Anyone who goes through the trouble of reading this book is going to see that phrase a lot. While it may sound repetitive to the point of being annoying, it is the one key piece of information that will secure your quit.

10 This series of short articles, exploring different smoking issues, was written over a twenty-two year period. They were not written to be a "how to" manual for quitting, but as follow-up reinforcement to support those who had already quit smoking through clinics I had conducted, to remind them of the importance of remaining vigilant in order to stay free. While they were not intended to be a "how to" manual, when compiled and organized as they are here, they may very well serve as an empowering tool to help you learn how to join the ranks of the millions of successful ex-smokers alive today.